Hermes WordPress MCP Setup: skill pack for Hermes Agent

Hermes Agent skill that connects to WordPress and Elementor over MCP for natural-language site editing

What Hermes WordPress MCP Setup does

The skill, named wordpress-mcp-setup, runs an onboarding when you say 'Set up my WordPress site with MCP'. The agent asks for your site URL, username and Application Password, detects which MCP plugins are active, offers to install missing ones through the WordPress REST API, writes the MCP server entries into your Hermes config.yaml and confirms which mcp_wordpress_* and mcp_elementor_* tools are available. It also covers building the Basic Auth header and handling SSL on local dev setups such as ServBay, LocalWP and MAMP.

The WordPress MCP side uses an ability-based flow of discover, inspect and execute for posts, pages, users, media and settings. The Elementor side lists 100 tools for reading page structure, building pages, editing widgets, saving templates, changing global colors and typography, creating popups, binding dynamic tags, sideloading CC-licensed images and injecting custom CSS or JS.

Key features

Guided onboarding that generates Hermes MCP config
WordPress MCP for posts, pages, users, media and settings
Elementor MCP with 100 tools
Automatic install of free plugins from WordPress.org
SSL guidance for local development servers
Basic Auth header built from an Application Password

When to use it

Asking Hermes to build a landing page in Elementor
Updating a site's global colors and typography from chat
Inspecting and editing an existing page structure by element

Who it is for: WordPress site owners and builders who use Hermes Agent.

How it fits with Hermes Agent

It is a skill made for Hermes Agent that installs from a skills tap and registers WordPress MCP servers in the Hermes configuration.

How to install Hermes WordPress MCP Setup

These commands are copied from the project's README. Check the repository for the latest steps before you run them.

hermes skills tap add lmoncany/hermes-wordpress-skill
hermes skills install wordpress-mcp-setup
hermes -s wordpress-mcp-setup

Requirements: Hermes Agent, the WordPress MCP Adapter and WordPress MCP plugins, a WordPress Application Password, and a Python mcp package supporting the 2025-06-18 spec; Elementor tools also need Elementor and its MCP plugin

Note: Elementor Pro features need a separately licensed Elementor Pro install, which the README says must be done manually.

FAQ

What is Hermes WordPress MCP Setup?

It is a Hermes Agent skill that connects the agent to WordPress and Elementor through MCP so you can build and edit sites by chatting.

Does Hermes WordPress MCP Setup work with Hermes Agent?

Yes, it is a Hermes skill. Add the tap, install wordpress-mcp-setup and load it with hermes -s wordpress-mcp-setup or /skill wordpress-mcp-setup in a session.

What do I need to run Hermes WordPress MCP Setup?

You need Hermes Agent, a WordPress site with the MCP Adapter and WordPress MCP plugins, and an Application Password. Elementor tools also need Elementor and the MCP Tools for Elementor plugin.